Poetry

Tunisian-American poet Leila Chatti, whose first collection "Deluge" is an examination of her struggles with a very personal illness, will perform a poetry reading on the USF Tampa campus.

The Sarasota Bay Club 86-year-old says words and creativity served as a steadying force throughout her life.

From staying in laundromats for warmth to becoming an established poet, Yuki Jackson has experienced the dark and light sides of Florida. She uses these experiences, as well as her gift of poetry, to help children in her Tampa community of Sulphur Springs through the organization known as The Battleground.

In a courtyard gazebo at Booker Middle School in Sarasota, dozens of kids with berets on are eating cake. Parents and assorted family members mingle with…

St. Petersburg is hosting an evening of artistic collaboration at the Exquisite Corpse Games.The bar parlor game has grown into an international…

If you Google the phrase “Miami inmates,” you’ll likely find stories about criminals and statistics about prisoners. But a project called View-Through...

While USF English professor Jay Hopler's new book is inspired by one of the most painful things a person can experience -- the death of a parent -- the…

It's been 17 years since former Mayor Dick Greco named James E. Tokley as Tampa's Poet Laureate. Today, the Hillsborough County Commission approved Tokley…